Over the last five and a half months, the Richmond Rapids Swim Club has been working hard at developing its athletes, showing consistent success in team development and individual achievement. So fa...

Rapids athlete Emily De Boer will be racing this week at the Speedo Can-Am Paraswimming Championships in Edmonton. Can-Ams hosts swimmers from all over the world, with finals for each classification g...

The Rapids age group program is off to a strong start. After only two meets, swimmers have already broken eight team records, and placed highly against other LMR teams. Last month?s VPSC Invitationa...

Richmond Rapids graduate Nicolaas Dekker has been selected as a Swimming Canada carded athlete for 2014-2015. For the next fiscal year, Dekker will receive top-tier funding to train and compete, which...

Recently, at the annual BC Coaches Conference and Awards Banquet, the Richmond Rapids were named Club of the Year for 2014. The accolade was earned through steadily increasing performances in recent y...

Rapids para-swimmer, Emily De Boer, was selected to attend the Swim BC Para-Swimming Camp held next weekend at Watermania. The three-day camp not only includes several workouts, but also sessions on n...

Though the season has barely begun, the Richmond Rapids have already had five members named to local qualifying teams. Last week , Jerry Liu, Adrian Hsing, Wendy Yang, and Alex Ball were selected to t...

Eleven members of the Richmond Rapids Swim Club recently competed in Canadian Age Group Championships in Winnipeg, a five-day national competition. The vast majority of the team was under 16 years o...

For the second year in a row, the Richmond Rapids are runners-up in the overall team standings at BC AAA Long Course Provincials. The men?s team was again first, a trend that has lasted for several co...

In her career-first swim meet, Richmond Rapids paraswimmer Emily De Boer has made the qualification standards to compete at this year?s Can-Ams, a paraswimming-focused event with top-level teams from ...

Hey Rapids! We just had the most successful Swim-a-thon in club history! All together, we raised $13,424.50. That?s $6,000 more than last year! First and foremost, the staff would like to thank you ...

After his recent outstanding performance at Canadian Senior Nationals, Richmond Rapids swimmer Nicolaas Dekker has been named to the Canadian Junior Pan Pacific Championship team. The Junior Pan Pacs ...

Richmond Rapid athlete Brandon de Costa has committed to swim for McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. De Costa will attend the university on scholarship, based on athletic and academic performan...

The Richmond Rapids Swim Club returned from snowy Kamloops last Tuesday, after having accomplished something no Rapids squad has ever done - win a provincial championship title. ?This has been a goal ...

The Richmond Rapids are only days away from Short Course Provincial Championships in Kamloops, BC. A team of 35 swimmers will compete in what is, for many, the short course season?s finale. In prepara...

On Monday, it was announced that six Rapids were selected to attend the second Lower Mainland Regional Camp of the year. Selection was based on the fastest 200 IM times in the LMR, from October 1 st ...

Rapids Team Records have been updated on the website. They can be found under the Team Records tab, and are subdivided by Short Course, Long Course, and 10 & Under. Both individual and relay swims are...

By Branden Keith - Swimswam.com We hear it all day and all night. ?Swimmers are the best students,? ?Swimmers perform academically,? ?Swimmers learn time management and life balancing skills.? As a co...

The Richmond Rapids? National Development squad is coming off a double of national and university-level competitions. Serena Xue and Nicolaas Dekker attended Canada Cup Toronto, hosted by the Universi...

Last weekend, the Richmond Rapids brought 75 swimmers to Langley to compete in the Langley Olympians Short Course Invitational. For the first time this year, the Rapids were in a championship-style, h...

The Richmond Rapids Swim Club had another weekend of racing, with the age group program heading to UBC for a sprint event, and the National Development squad traveling to Victoria for the Swim BC Seni...

After some well deserved time off, the Richmond Rapids Swim Club is back in the water and racing. Competition began with two regional level meets - one hosted by Simon Fraser Aquatics and attended by ...

What Parents Should Say as Their Kids Perform By Tim Elmore In my work at Growing Leaders, we enjoy the privilege of serving numerous NCAA and professional sports teams each year. After meeting with...

This July, the Rapids sent four swimmers to Montreal to compete at Canadian Age Group Nationals. This was the final event of the season for the club, who had been training in Montreal for over a week,...

This July, the Rapids sent 39 swimmers to UBC to compete at BC?s AAA Long Course Provincial Championships. In an unprecedented and dramatic conclusion, the Richmond Rapids finished in second, the high...

The second half of our long-course season showed off big results for our regional and AA-level swimmers, as well as impressive work by all of our volunteers. Both Rapids-hosted West Coast Open and LMR...

Hello Rapids!, We are still looking for more volunteers for LMR Champs this weekend. This is the last opportunity to earn some major Parent Participation Points for the season. The job sign up on th...

Watching Your Child at Swim Lessons or Swim Practice For over four years I watched my daughter swim under the direction of other coaches. I have also watched her at basketball practice and games, an...

This year?s Swim-A-Thon was one of the most successful in recent memory. Our team goal was to raise $5,000, and we beat that goal by nearly $2,000! Because of the overwhelming success of this fundrais...

Forged By Adversity Guy Edson, ASCA Staff I was following a school bus the other day when it stopped to pick up two middle school aged boys. Because of the framed glass emergency door in the back of...

The final weekend before going out for Spring Break, the Richmond Rapids hosted one of their largest meets ever ? LMR Short Course Championships. The meet ran over two days, with twelve-and-unders i...

The Richmond Rapids have just wrapped up their short course season with a pair of major championship events: Western Canadian Nationals in Saskatoon, and AAA Provincial Championships in Victoria. Th...

Due to a high number of particpants this weekend for LMR Champs the meet schedule has been adjusted. Please refer to the schedule below. Volunteers need to sign in for the position they have volunte...

The Richmond Rapids Swim Club competed at the Swim BC Short Course AA Championships last weekend in Surrey, BC. The meet is one of the last of the short-course season, so the Rapids were looking to ...

The Richmond Rapids Swim Club is gearing up for the short course championship season, with their last tune-up meets before competing province-wide. A team of 44 Rapids competed at Vancouver Aquatic ...

Published by the American Swimming Coaches Association. The Biggest Question.... By John Leonard In all of age group sports, the biggest question for every parent is..."How much to be involved." In ev...

Published by the American Swimming Coaches Association Smile When it Hurts by LisaDiane Mercado Etheredge Several weeks ago Billy and I began attending Body Pump classes at Gold's Gym. A couple of ou...

Did you know that you can earn BC school credits for achieving certain performance Swim BC Provincial and SNC National Standards? Well you can! The BC High School External Sports Credit program bega...

Last weekend, the Richmond Rapids travel to Victoria to compete in the Island Cup, a meet that regularly attracts fast mid-season swimming. This year was no different. A small but strong Rapids age ...

This last weekend at UBC, the Richmond Rapids competed at the VPSC Decathalon. Though the 200 Freestyle was struck from the event list, the Rapids were able to compress their racing ferocity into only...

Please click here to download the Steveston practice schedule for all groups. This schedule will be in effect from Wednesday, Oct. 17 to Friday, Oct. 19. The schedule for the week of Oct 22 will be ...

Rapids Have Historically Summer Nationals and Age Group Nationals The Richmond Rapids Swim Club finished out the year with two major meets in Edmonton and Calgary, competing against the strongest ag...

The club and coaching staff would like to congratulate first time daddies. Congratulations to Head Coach Rob Pettifer and his wife Pam on their new born daughter, Sydney Page Pettifer, born 6 lbs, 12 ...

The Swimmers and Coaching Staff would like to send out a very big Thank you to all the volunteers, officials and coordinators who helped make this weekend's BC AAA Champs so successful. Thank you to e...

Even if days one through three had been easy, day four of Provincial Championships promised to be a hard-fought battle. With the top six teams in close contention, every point mattered, and every race...

Day 3 was a high point for the Rapids Provincial Team. After slipping in the ranks on Friday, our athletes came back fighting strong, earning the best medal count we've had all weekend. Included in th...

The second day of Provincial Championships was full of ups and downs for the Rapids. It was a challenging day, due to a tough schedule of speed and endurance. At the end of finals, the Rapids had slip...

The Rapids AAA team was off to a strong start at this weekend's Long Course Provincial Championships. At the end of day one, the team was ranked second overall, showing that they were prepared to defe...

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Click here for results. The group had some amazing swims this Saturday morning as AGD2 swimmers got the opportunity to race the 400 free and the 200 or 400 IM for official times. Congratulations to Sa...

Once again the Richmond Rapids would like to thank all the volunteers who came out to make our West Coast Open Swim Meet a great success. We hosted 450 swimmers this weekend. A thank you to Ampellia...

Check out this article on Scott Dickens, and his journey from Olympian in 2004, to missing the 2008 team, to qualifying again yesterday for London. http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news/newsid=1230088.html R...

Members of the PAG, Regional and ND groups stepped up to race this Friday evening. This was an unsanctioned event done during practice and as a result none of the times here are valid. It was a grea...

February 16-19, 2012 - Winnipeg, MB About the Speedo Western Championships The Speedo Western Championships brings together a great mix of Canada?s senior, youth and junior swimmers. This regional co...

The Rapids contingent is excited and ready to race some of canada's best swimmers the up-coming western Canadian swimming championships in Winnipeg Manitoba Look for news updates and photos in your in...

After 3 days of great competition the Richmond Rapids walked away with a plethora of medals and some great swims. For complete results visit http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/SwimBC/LiveRes...

Day 2 of the meet saw 360 athletes compete against one another for chances at medals, personal bests and opportunities to compete at BC AAA Champs. For live results click on http://www.drivehq.com/fi...

Day 1 of the BC AA Championships were a great success for Rapids swimmers. Congratulations to Sam Bhandal (11) on making his BC AAA qualifying time in the 200 fly. He is now eligible to compete at BC...

Rapids swimmers turned out in numbers for the first Splash and Dash of the year. It was great to see such great participation on the second to last day of training camp. Congratulations to Artur Yush...

Congratulations to this year's BC Pacific Coast All Star Team. The team of provincially selected swimmers will compete at Walnut Grove, in Langley for this face off against other west coast teams. Tw...

Thank you so much to all the people who helped make this year's Richmond Rapids Swim Club FASTSWIM swim meet such a great success. We hosted almost 400 swimmers from across BC over 3 days of competiti...

December 1, 2011 Last weekend, the Richmond Rapids competed in the Delta Sungod Lower Mainland Regional Competition, held in Richmond, BC. The Rapids regional-level athletes raced for their invitation...

Rapids Swimmers Final in Langley November 21, 2011 It was a tough weekend of racing in Langley for Richmond Rapids swimmers but also a great learning experience for all the athletes involved. The two...

Rapids Swimmers Get Opportunity to Compete Against World?s Best November 16, 2011 There was a plethora of swimming talent at this year?s Island Cup in Victoria as some of the big guns from Canadian sw...

On Thursday, October 20, 2011 the Richmond Rapids gathered for dinner, lots of prizes and to award excellence throughout the swim club. Thank you to our parent volunteers who helped make this evening ...

Congratulations to Hau-Li Fan, Mike Zhang, Maximillian Schaffler and Mike Jakac-Sinclair who have been selected for this year's BC Provincial Prospects swim camp. Fan was chosen as the IM specialist ...

This Sunday from 10am to 4pm our team will be running a booth at the Steveston Outdoor Market. Our booth will be near the public parking lot behind the Buck and Ear Pub. We'll have hot dogs and BBQ'd ...

Kamloops, BC This past weekend at the Western Canada Games, the Rapids own Nicolaas Dekker capped off the summer with some outstanding perfomances. The competition provided some very fast swimming wit...

From June 24th to 26th, 16 Rapids traveled to Kelowna for the BC AA Long Course Championships. " AA's" is the start of the the long course Championship season and what a start our team had! Leading t...

In April and this past weekend the Rapids had a numer of swimmers chosen to participate in the Swim BC 12 & under regional camps. The swimmers were chosen amongst other swimmers 12 years old and you...

Kyle Bower from the National Development group got the Rapids off to a great start at the hyack youth cup this weekend. Kyle dropped 3 seconds off his PB in the 200m fly (2:22.84) to qualify for this ...

Building on the momentum of a winning spring, the Rapids took top team honors at the Mies Schootman Invitational at UBC last weekend. Through three long days of swimming, the team was able to hold t...

Practices at Watermania are cancelled for Monday April 18th due to a mechanical failure. Minoru will have regular practice today. We will email everyone with a further update as to whether Tuesday pra...

Last weekend at UBC, the Richmond Rapids competed with some of the country's best swimmers at the TAS BC Senior Championships, the Rapid's first long course meet of the season. To qualify, swimmers mu...

The Rapids returned this week from Victoria having swum one of the best meets in recent memory. Surviving frustrating disqulifications, frustrating just-outside-of-finals swims, and demanding schedule...

Today at the first day of the BC AA Championships our team showed up and stepped up big time! The prelims saw a number of great swims including 3 new BC AAA Championship qualifiers. Emma Letts, 13, st...

Magnus Batara was recently selected to represent British Columbia in this summer's Western Canada Games. Magnus was one of only two male para-swimmers selected to the team. This August, Magnus will tr...

This weekend at the SFU LMR, Ryan Murray had an outstanding competition. Ryan went 6 for 6 achieving best times in his races! Ryan also made his BC AA 11 & under standards in 100 & 200 Bk. Ryan also a...

At the SFU LMR today, Melissa Quon (12) qualified for the BC AAA Championships in Victoria this March! Melissa qualified in the 200 butterfly by swimming a gutsy 2:59.26. Taking it out strong Melissa'...

Last weekend at the CDSC New Years Invitational, several Rapids showed major guts despite a tough week in the water, several bouts of illness, and some issues with legal fishkicks. The Rapids really s...

3 time Canadian Olympian, Brian Johns, has launch a new website. Brian grew up in Richmond swimming for the Aquanauts, Richmond Racers and the Richmond Rapids. Brian holds many our senior male club r...

Day 2 at the BC AA provincial Championship was another impressive day for our athletes! After a slow start in the 100 freestyle our swimmers stepped up and got on a roll in the following events perfo...

Congratulations to Magnus Batara for qualifying for the BC Summer Games team. Magnus in his first full season competing as a Rapid, has performed extremely well. Magnus will be joining 6 other Rapids...

This morning at the Mel Zajac International swim meet at UBC, Rapids swimmers set a new 13-14 year old boys provincial and National Age Group Record in the 800 Freestyle Relay! The team of Bill Li, N...

The Richmond Rapids are proud to annouce that we will once again be running a summer program. In the past few years the Rapids Summer program has been responsible for helping young athletes improve t...

This weekend will be a busy & exciting weekend for the Rapids Provincial and National swimmers. Competing at UBC in the Mies Schootman Invitational is the enire PAG and National programs. This is th...

Congratulations to Coach Doug and his wife, Kara, who on Saturday April 3rd at 7:04am were proud to announce the birth of their second daughter weighing in at 8lbs 6 oz, Audrey Lucy Ann Thompson!! Co...

This Saturday ( April 3rd ) CBC will be airing LIVE from 2-3pm the finals of the Pan Pacific Trials that are taking place in Montreal. Winners of each event will automatically get selected to be a pa...

The rapids 13-14 boys finished off the second night of finals by crushing the existing provincial record in the 4x50 IM relay. The old provincial record stood at 1:54.44 by UBCD, our boys posted a st...

After a short flight to Saskatoon the rapids crew sits down to a late lunch. later in the day we'll head to the pool for a light training session (4000m or so) and then back to the hotel to catch some...

Day 3 at AA's was a great success with Tony Ma and Serena Xue qualiying for AAA's and both winning gild in the 12 & under 200 BR! Serena dominated from start to finish to finish with a time of 3:05. T...

Day 2 of racing at AA champs saw many exciting swims from our team. Whether it was one of our youngest swimmers, in Kevin Ye to our eldest in Sara Lau, our athletes performed very well this evening. ...

Penticton, BC On day 1 of the BC AA Championships our team has started off very well with numerous individual best times, and many swimmers qualifying for finals or consolation finals. In the finals...

The Richmond Rapids are excited to announce that Gold's Gym is a new sponsor for our swim club. As a sponsor of our team, Gold's Gym is providing family and friends of the club an outstanding member...

Daniella Korotchenko had a great last race at the Paul Bergen invitational. she finished 14th over all in the womens 100m breaststroke. her first 50m split and final 100m time were both under the exis...

battling a cold and fatigue all week Daniella put together a great morning swim on the final morning at the Paul Bergen invitational. her 1:13.85 in the heats earned her a spot in the "b" final of the...

The Richmond Rapids Boys 13-14 relay team of Nathan Muszynski, Jack Hong, Bill Li, and Nicolaas Dekker, set a new provincial record in the 13-14 boys 4x200m free relay, posting a time of 8:12.68, br...

pre-meet training at the Paul Bergen meet was a very Canadian affair with teams from Alberta , Quebec, Ontario & BC all showing up at the same time it looks like it will be a vary fast meet with tour ...

Dear Parents, The coffee fundraiser order deadline has been extended to Friday November 27, 2009. Please submit your orders to Wendy Berry, Synthia Kloot or Stephanie Hui on or before Friday. The club...

Update: All Steveston Workouts will be canceled on Friday September 18 th The Richmond Rapids staff will be up in Whistler for the annual Swim BC coaches conference. Regular workouts at Steveston wi...

So, there?s this great deal on a Jaked or LZR on ebay?. Don?t do it! Don?t do it!! Just walk away. Nothing to see here, folks. Just keep on moving? Ya see, by now, most are probably aware that FINA as...

Time Standards As far as we?ve been told, all time standards (both Swimming Canada and Swim BC) are staying as they were last year. Remember, though, that Swimming Canada has announced previously th...

Two more world records for Canada at British Grand Prix August, 09, 2009 LEEDS England ? Canada broke the world record in both the men?s and women?s 4X100 medley relays on Sunday to conclude the Brit...

The Rapids finished a successfull BC AAA Long Course Championship meet on an exciting note Sunday night! We had a number of great swims througout the evening, here are some highlights. 13 year old g...

During the month of June the Rapids will be selling bags of Mogiana coffee. For every bag sold the club will get $5.00 in return. Free samples will be available at the General Meeting on June 11th a...

Men?s 50 free World record holder Fred Bousquet blazed by the field with a 21.33 for the U.S. Open record. That time cleared Garrett Weber-Gale?s U.S. Open record of 21.47 set last summer. "I am ver...

Congratulation to Neil Brow who swam an impressive 33.80 in the heats of the Boy?s 50m Breast to qualify for his first National level competition. En route to this result Neil also broke the Rapids ...

This past weekend at the Delta Sungod LMR, Nicole Welsh and Aleckxeis Aficionado qualified for the BC AAA Long Course Championships in Victoria this July! Nicole & Aleckxeis are both 1st time AAA qua...